By Bob Randall on Sunday, June 26th, 2022 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
Fishing Barbless or Barbed: You may not hear much discussion of this idea unless you’re a fly fisher. Some of us are pretty snooty when it comes to our sport, equipment, techniques, and most of all, favorite fishing spots. If you are a spin cast fisher who has an opinion, I have to warn you […]
By Bob Randall on Thursday, November 5th, 2020 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
The Short Explanation: –Deeply hooked crankbaits with barbs were typically free from the fish’s mouth in a couple of days -Barbless hooks usually came out of the fish’s mouth in 24 hours or less The Longer Explanation: “This research has demonstrated that retained lures do have an impact on northern pike. In the laboratory setting […]
By Bob Randall on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 in Conservation, Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
Catch, Release, Dead (Hooking Mortality): “Catch, photograph and release fishing has become so entrenched in our fishing psyche in recent years that it’s almost hard to remember that keeping nearly every fish caught was once the norm in our father’s and grandfather’s days. “ “How and how long you handle fish determines their fate.” “Bob […]
By Bob Randall on Friday, January 24th, 2020 in Conservation, Fishing Wisdom, Nature, No Comments
Sorry, I can’t get this to load properly. Click on the following: History of the Management of Lake Taneycomo. Then click on the small page that appears. That should bring the paper into a larger, readable view.
By Bob Randall on Friday, April 19th, 2019 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
No, not from the fish – from a person: Hook Removal An emergency room physician at an Ozarks hospital says he averages 2 to 3 hook removal procedures a month. He’s not the only ER doc in this 24/7 medical facility, so let’s guess a dozen or so hooks are removed each month. In the […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, April 7th, 2019 in Fishing Wisdom, Uncategorized, No Comments
By Bob Randall on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in Conservation, Fishing Wisdom, Nature, No Comments
One of my heroes is Aldo Leopold. Many people consider him to be the founder of wildlife conservation and he was one of the early leaders of the American wilderness movement. After receiving his Master of Forestry degree from Yale, he spent most of the next 20 years in the US Forest Service in New […]
By Bob Randall on Thursday, January 10th, 2019 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
Apricot Midge If you were at MTFA’s meeting last Thursday, you heard the fishing report from Russ Doughty. It was not about his favorite harvester midge or his other favorite the Taneycomo Sculpin. Russ was fishing at Bennett Springs and there were two people catching a trout on every cast. When Russ asked them what […]
By Bob Randall on Saturday, January 5th, 2019 in Fishing Wisdom, Flies, No Comments
Winter Dry Fly Fishing Tips by Allen Gardner The Winter Hatches including insects, sizes, colors and fly suggestions. When you can fish dry flies in winter? How you should fish dry flies during the winter months? Where you can find rising trout during winter? Time of Day For the best times of day, focus on […]
By Bob Randall on Saturday, January 5th, 2019 in Fishing Wisdom, Uncategorized, No Comments
While fishing at Bennett Spring State Park, I tested the insect population in the outflow stream below the hatchery runways. I used an insect seine that I got from Allen Gardner’s Insect Course. I wrap this seine over the outside rim of my fish net, hold it in the water with the rim on the […]
